Cheapest slab of good beer?

fonecrusher1

Just wanted to know where the best bargains are for 24 packs of 500ml beer are this Xmas. I dont mean cheap nasty rubbish. Stuff like Bud, Heineken, Carlsberg etc etc.

Best i could find was 24 cans of bud for 26.99 (euro) in Dunnes Stores.

Not bad considering that some off licenses are asking 35/36 euro!!:eek:

Prenderb

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

I dont mean cheap nasty rubbish. Stuff like Bud, Heineken, Carlsberg etc etc.

Hee, some folk think that is cheap nasty rubbish!

Anyway, yeah lots of the big supermarkets do seem to have big can slab deals on at the minute.

fonecrusher1

Prenderb wrote: »

Hee, some folk think that is cheap nasty rubbish!

Anyway, yeah lots of the big supermarkets do seem to have big can slab deals on at the minute.

True, but i very much doubt i would be able to pick 24 bottles of premium posh beer for a decent price.

Cheap & nasty to me is muck like Dutch gold, R dutch, carling, tennents etc etc.

Iron Hide

Nothing wrong with Carling!!!! Tesco had 24 bottles of Heineken for 17.99 the other day...

sofireland

My local SV is selling Heineken for 27.50

BeerNut

OP, have you tried tasting the cheap ones and premium ones next to each other blind? You could save yourself some money.

fonecrusher1

BeerNut wrote: »

OP, have you tried tasting the cheap ones and premium ones next to each other blind? You could save yourself some money.

Fair enough. Give me an example?

BeerNut

Get a can of Heineken, a can of Dutch Gold, a can of Carlsberg and a can of Hackenberg, say. Get someone to serve you them without telling you which they are, and pick your favourites. It might turn out the way you expected, but if it doesn't then you know you're happier with the cheap stuff.

yoyo

BeerNut wrote: »

Get a can of Heineken, a can of Dutch Gold, a can of Carlsberg and a can of Hackenberg, say. Get someone to serve you them without telling you which they are, and pick your favourites. It might turn out the way you expected, but if it doesn't then you know you're happier with the cheap stuff.

Others to try are Stoya, Bavaria, Tuborg, Prazsky even Karpackie .

Nick

BeerNut

yoyo wrote: »

Others to try are Stoya, Bavaria, Tuborg, Prazsky even Karpackie .

It's all good

I've done a few of these, but not lager yet.

fonecrusher1

Ok i get what your saying fellas but what about the hangover factor. Cheap beer = hangover?
Got a vicious hangover off a dozen Brahma the other day.
Tyskie is a quality polish beer with zero Hangover but its not cheap anymore.
Lech is a good beer also but again its not exactly cheap.

Creamy Goodness

trip to lidl?

buy beers with nothing but the three ingredients?

Ham'nd'egger

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Ok i get what your saying fellas but what about the hangover factor. Cheap beer = hangover?

And of course, too much "posh" beer doesn't cause hangovers:rolleyes:

Parsley

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Ok i get what your saying fellas but what about the hangover factor. Cheap beer = hangover?
Got a vicious hangover off a dozen Brahma the other day.
Tyskie is a quality polish beer with zero Hangover but its not cheap anymore.
Lech is a good beer also but again its not exactly cheap.

Tyskie mightn't be cheap in absolute terms, but it's 5.6% alcohol so from that point of view it works out fairly alright.

BeerNut

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Cheap beer = hangover?

Myth. Drinking too much alcohol = hangover.

bennyob

24 pack of perlenbacher in lidl for €20.00 this week. Alright, alright....i know they are not exactly a 'slab' but you can get 4 x 6 pack at €5.00 each.

Imo, they are nicer than the buds, heinekens etc. In fact, it is the only lager that i would drink. Actually I lie, i had a bavaria in my local the other day whick was pretty nice.

marceldesailly

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Ok i get what your saying fellas but what about the hangover factor. Cheap beer = hangover?
Got a vicious hangover off a dozen Brahma the other day.

Ye i'd say it was the price that did it alright

tippguy

bud, heineken etc wouldnt be considered premium beers really. anyways just cause dunnes and tesco cant get customers true there door they take a hit on booze in a bid to get customers in..you say €35, 36 is dear but your forgetting a slab of heino was 46 in dunnes 4 weeks ago, a slab of cider was 56.40 so basically they robbed you then and are just cuttin their losses now. 35 is a great price to be honest...as for premium beers tiger, peroni, tyskie, spaten to name a few!

fonecrusher1

BeerNut wrote: »

Myth. Drinking too much alcohol = hangover.

Nope thats just one of many reasons why you get a hangover. Personally i have a habit of drinking too quickly when i start out on a night. That & poor quality beer always give me a serious headache the next day.
I know this because when i do actually pace my drinking regardless of the quantity im fine the next day.

fonecrusher1

marceldesailly wrote: »

Ye i'd say it was the price that did it alright

You are aware that brahma comes in 330ml bottles? Hardly a huge amount of beer consumed over a few hours.

the beer revolu

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

You are aware that brahma comes in 330ml bottles? Hardly a huge amount of beer consumed over a few hours.

eh, it's the equivalent to just shy of 8 50cl cans and at 4.8% would easily be similar to drinking 8 draught pints.
I'd expect a hangover after that!:eek:

But, having said that, I definitely see a correlation between the quality of the beverage consumed and the nastiness of the hangover. But quantity of alcohol consumed is the biggest factor.

fonecrusher1

tippguy wrote: »

bud, heineken etc wouldnt be considered premium beers really.

Who said that? I certainly didnt.
My local off licence is a dear hole. I wouldnt buy a box of matches in there. Their always looking for a few cent more than the supermarkets so thats where i buy my beer. I couldnt care less about them.

the beer revolu wrote: »

eh, it's the equivalent to just shy of 8 50cl cans and at 4.8% would easily be similar to drinking 8 draught pints.
I'd expect a hangover after that!:eek:

But, having said that, I definitely see a correlation between the quality of the beverage consumed and the nastiness of the hangover. But quantity of alcohol consumed is the biggest factor.

Ok i suppose when i look at it like that its a fair bit of drink alright.
But i stand by my opinion on pacing ones drinking. If you drank 5 pints in the space of say 1.5 hours, you will have a headache the next day. Your body can not process that amount of alcohol in such a short space of time.
If you drink the same quantity in 3 or 4 hours you will not get a hangover. Its all about timing.

BeerNut

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

If you drank 5 pints in the space of say 1.5 hours, you will have a headache the next day. Your body can not process that amount of alcohol in such a short space of time.
If you drink the same quantity in 3 or 4 hours you will not get a hangover. Its all about timing.

And the timing is a factor because it affects the amount of alcohol in your bloodstream at any given time.

Which comes to the same thing as too much alcohol = hangover. Drink less, drink slowly, drink water. The price of the beer is not relevant.

brianthebard

Anywhoo, regarding slabs of beer, if you like a cheap beer you'll be able to get a cheap slab, I'd get some galahad over bud personally, karpackie is 4 for 5 as is prazsky these days, so a slab of either of them would be 30. Imo that's not pushing the boat out too much. Then there's other things like bass if you like that, or number of other beers in dunnes that people often overlook (that I can't think of right now). Point is I wouldn't even begin looking at a big name brand for this sort of thing unless it was on offer, and clearly you can get beer as good or better for the offer price so I'd rather avail of that. I think at this stage if the op wants better advice that whats already been offered on this thread they'll have to tell us more about their beer likes and dislikes.

fonecrusher1

brianthebard wrote: »

Anywhoo, regarding slabs of beer, if you like a cheap beer you'll be able to get a cheap slab, I'd get some galahad over bud personally, karpackie is 4 for 5 as is prazsky these days, so a slab of either of them would be 30. Imo that's not pushing the boat out too much. Then there's other things like bass if you like that, or number of other beers in dunnes that people often overlook (that I can't think of right now). Point is I wouldn't even begin looking at a big name brand for this sort of thing unless it was on offer, and clearly you can get beer as good or better for the offer price so I'd rather avail of that. I think at this stage if the op wants better advice that whats already been offered on this thread they'll have to tell us more about their beer likes and dislikes.

Im the OP & i mostly drink the following beers; Bud, Heineken, Carlsberg, Tyskie. Yes thats pretty boring but i stick with what i know is fairly decent. Used to drink Carling & Fosters but i went off it. I dont have a specific list of criteria when it comes to what i think is a nice beer. As long as it doesnt have a nasty lingering aftertaste or that metallic taste that some lager has.
I have tried tuborg, prazsky, Brahma & i didnt like them.
I am willing to try other beers, in fact i would really like to find a cheaper alternative that tastes good. There has been a few recommendations on this thread & will follow them up.
Bavaria & Perlenbacher seem to be getting the thumbs up so i'l check them out first.
Im sick of drinking the same stuff week after week. Any suggestions are welcome.

grenache

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Just wanted to know where the best bargains are for 24 packs of 500ml beer are this Xmas. I dont mean cheap nasty rubbish. Stuff like Bud, Heineken, Carlsberg etc etc.

Best i could find was 24 cans of bud for 26.99 (euro) in Dunnes Stores.

Not bad considering that some off licenses are asking 35/36 euro!!:eek:

Thats because the smaller off licences don't have over 200 stores in their chains! They don't receive huge discounts for massive bulk purchases that Tesco, Super Valu and Dunnes do. And they also don't the option of making a loss on alcohol while making huge profits on such products as hand creams and milk like the big supermarkets do. The little man has to make a living too you know

brianthebard

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Im the OP & i mostly drink the following beers; Bud, Heineken, Carlsberg, Tyskie. Yes thats pretty boring but i stick with what i know is fairly decent. Used to drink Carling & Fosters but i went off it. I dont have a specific list of criteria when it comes to what i think is a nice beer. As long as it doesnt have a nasty lingering aftertaste or that metallic taste that some lager has.
I have tried tuborg, prazsky, Brahma & i didnt like them.
I am willing to try other beers, in fact i would really like to find a cheaper alternative that tastes good. There has been a few recommendations on this thread & will follow them up.
Bavaria & Perlenbacher seem to be getting the thumbs up so i'l check them out first.
Im sick of drinking the same stuff week after week. Any suggestions are welcome.

Well I've seen carlsberg advertised as 4 for 5 in the local 'fine wines' offie, I'm not sure if that's a franchise or not but its a big premises in westside galway so I got the impression that there might be more than one.
I'm surprised you didn't like prazsky but think karpackie is worth a go. I would put aldi's galahad above bavaria, plus they have a belgian beer thats about 10c more and quite nice, so its definitely worth looking in aldi. Beamish is about 1.70 in aldi atm too which is pretty decent for an Irish stout, although doesn't fit into the cheap section.
Stella artois is on offer a lot of the time from different outlets but probably not the cans. Still worth a look though when going cheap.

fonecrusher1

grenache wrote: »

Thats because the smaller off licences don't have over 200 stores in their chains! They don't receive huge discounts for massive bulk purchases that Tesco, Super Valu and Dunnes do. And they also don't the option of making a loss on alcohol while making huge profits on such products as hand creams and milk like the big supermarkets do. The little man has to make a living too you know

Theres a reason why every town in ireland has 3 off licenses, because they're an easy way to make money. Just like pharmacies & betting shops.

I understand what your saying but my financial circumstances dictate where i buy my beer. Times are tough so people will vote with their feet when it comes to getting a good deal & why shouldnt they?
Whoever runs my local off licence doesnt seem to realize were in a recession so why should i feel quilty because i choose to get a better price elsewhere?

grenache

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Theres a reason why every town in ireland has 3 off licenses, because they're an easy way to make money. Just like pharmacies & betting shops.

I understand what your saying but my financial circumstances dictate where i buy my beer. Times are tough so people will vote with their feet when it comes to getting a good deal & why shouldnt they?
Whoever runs my local off licence doesnt seem to realize were in a recession so why should i feel quilty because i choose to get a better price elsewhere?

and you are more than entitled to vote with your feet. I'm merely explaining why its not possible for the smaller off licences to sell below cost. I can guarantee you that come Christmas Eve, there will be a lot of people who wont be willing to cue 20 mins at their locals Dunnes and who will be willing to pay the extra 10 euro for a slab in their local offie, without having to wait half the day queuing.

grenache

brianthebard wrote: »

Well I've seen carlsberg advertised as 4 for 5 in the local 'fine wines' offie, I'm not sure if that's a franchise or not but its a big premises in westside galway so I got the impression that there might be more than one.
I'm surprised you didn't like prazsky but think karpackie is worth a go.

Beamish is about 1.70 in aldi atm too which is pretty decent for an Irish stout, although doesn't fit into the cheap section.

Fine Wines is centrally owned, its not a franchise. They've got around 20 shops nationwide. That Carlsberg looks like a good offer until you discover its the 3.8% UK import version. Pretty weak stuff! Dont touch Karpackie, it'll rot the insides of your stomach, very bad stuff!

+1 on the Beamish though, 1.70 is a great price for a quailty stout. Aldi are really starting to impress me with their beer offers of late. Most places will do the Draught 8 pack for E12.99 which is great value too.

the beer revolu

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Theres a reason why every town in ireland has 3 off licenses, because they're an easy way to make money. Just like pharmacies & betting shops.

I understand what your saying but my financial circumstances dictate where i buy my beer. Times are tough so people will vote with their feet when it comes to getting a good deal & why shouldnt they?
Whoever runs my local off licence doesnt seem to realize were in a recession so why should i feel quilty because i choose to get a better price elsewhere?

Don't feel guilty, but don't complain when there is no choice but the supermarket, when you want some friendly genuine advice, when you want to buy something out of the ordinary, when you want to order something special.

fonecrusher1

the beer revolu wrote: »

Don't feel guilty, but don't complain when there is no choice but the supermarket, when you want some friendly genuine advice, when you want to buy something out of the ordinary, when you want to order something special.

eh.....hold on, so i should pay more for the exact same product in my local offie just in case i develop an overnight passion for wine & need advice.:D:D
Lower the prices & i'l gladly buy my booze there.
Friendly advice? Like when about 3 years ago i brought to the attention of the manager of this place that his price on a 6 pack of heineken was a good 20 or 30 cent per bottle more than anywhere else & his response was 'well you dont have to shop here'.
Yeah i took his advice alright.

BeerNut

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

so i should pay more for the exact same product in my local offie

No. You should buy things in your local offie that your supermarket won't stock. If the supermarket sells everything you need then shop there and leave your local offie out of it.

fonecrusher1

BeerNut wrote: »

No. You should buy things in your local offie that your supermarket won't stock. If the supermarket sells everything you need then shop there and leave your local offie out of it.

Look at the title of this thread. Not one person has informed me of a great deal on beer thats available in an off license. That says an awful lot to me.
Sorry if the truth hurts.

moonflower

I saw one of the supermarkets, I think it was Dunnes, had a slab of Bavaria for €24, which is fairly decent.

BeerNut

Good beer, and by extension great deals, don't come in slabs.

Deveney's Dundrum will do you four Sierra Nevada Anniversary for a tenner. Several offies have Bateman's Dark Lord and Combined Harverst for in or around €2.

Great deals; no slabs.

the beer revolu

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Look at the title of this thread. Not one person has informed me of a great deal on beer thats available in an off license. That says an awful lot to me.
Sorry if the truth hurts.

Don't know what the posts below are all about - I'm too hurt too read them!:mad:

Red Storm wrote: »

Nothing wrong with Carling!!!! Tesco had 24 bottles of Heineken for 17.99 the other day...

sofireland wrote: »

My local SV is selling Heineken for 27.50

yoyo wrote: »

Others to try are Stoya, Bavaria, Tuborg, Prazsky even Karpackie .

Nick

bennyob wrote: »

24 pack of perlenbacher in lidl for €20.00 this week. Alright, alright....i know they are not exactly a 'slab' but you can get 4 x 6 pack at €5.00 each.

Imo, they are nicer than the buds, heinekens etc. In fact, it is the only lager that i would drink. Actually I lie, i had a bavaria in my local the other day whick was pretty nice.

the beer revolu

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Theres a reason why every town in ireland has 3 off licenses, because they're an easy way to make money. Just like pharmacies & betting shops.

That must be why independent off licences are going out of business right, left and centre.

fonecrusher1

Huh????!!!

Red Storm wrote: »

Nothing wrong with Carling!!!! Tesco had 24 bottles of Heineken for 17.99 the other day...

Supermarket

sofireland wrote: »

My local SV is selling Heineken for 27.50

Supermarket

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

trip to lidl? Supermarket

buy beers with nothing but the three ingredients?

Supermarket

bennyob wrote: »

24 pack of perlenbacher in lidl for €20.00 this week. Alright, alright....i know they are not exactly a 'slab' but you can get 4 x 6 pack at €5.00 each.

Imo, they are nicer than the buds, heinekens etc. In fact, it is the only lager that i would drink. Actually I lie, i had a bavaria in my local the other day whick was pretty nice.

+1 on the Beamish though, 1.70 is a great price for a quailty stout. Aldi are really starting to impress me with their beer offers of late. Most places will do the Draught 8 pack for E12.99 which is great value too.

Supermarket

Look i'l take a trip down my local offie & see what they've got. Back in a while.

I am not saying there all bad!!!!

marceldesailly

I'm not sure when this became about supermarkets or off licences but anyway if you want cheap beer it's probably off to the supermarket for some below cost selling.if you want good beer (I guess that's a relative term though) it's more lilely to be the off licence.
If you want an alternative to the lager you drink I'd imagine the lagers sold by Lidl and Aldi are a good bet.
If you aren't scared by past sell by dates then Deveneys Rathmines usually have boxes of good beer going cheap, usually 24 for €20.
best value beer widely available is probably Brooklyn, Tesco will sell you that.6 for €9.

Ham'nd'egger

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Look i'l take a trip down my local offie & see what they've got. Back in a while.

What you will find is something the multiples struggle to offer; variety .

slayerking

Supermarkets are probably best for cheap beer, no doubt about that. If you want cheap beer, there prob your best bet. But good off licences will have the varity and I for one have no problem parting with money to support that. Unfortunately, good off licences are few and far between.

FYI, Tesco have London Pride for 1.88 at the mo, thats great value IMO.

spitfireIRL

Tesco is doing 24bottles of 5% Stella Artois for €15.. can't get much better.

rubadub

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Cheap beer = hangover?

Why would this be the case? What do you think they do differently? A major cost in big brand beers is the marketing, which YOU pay for. If dutch gold had adverts on TV all year round then it would cost more, I don't see how this extra cost results in less of a hangover though.

One factor is ingredients and fermentation processes. Budweiser use rice and potato in its beer, both of these are known to result in more congeners being produced (nasty chemicals which will worsen a hangover), Budweiser is also fermented very quickly, which also results in nasty chemicals.

You could turn this on its head, many of the big brand beers are available for around €1 a can when on offer, now with all the marketing costs involved they must be scrimping and saving somewhere, so it would make more sense that they are using cheaper ingredients, brewing quickly/hot etc.

In my local eurospar they have 5% heineken for €27.40 for 24 cans, they also had heineken 4.3% for €37.60. Both brewed & canned in holland, but also roughly 15% more ingredients would have been used in the higher strength one. Looking at the can the 5% one seemed intended for the scottish market. Now this is not a case of going north for cheap beer, and getting the benefit of lower VAT, wages etc -the beer is in the same shop with same duty, so it seems to be a case of heineken placing the wholesale prices at higher levels here so the beer appears to be "premium".

I have said before that I know people who will probably stop drinking corona when it becomes more commonly available for €1 a bottle. People have very weird theories when it comes to the quality of alcohol.

zenno

well I got 16 boxes of becks cans 4% alcohol and 440ML the nicest beer i ever had. nice purification system they use in germany i have to say. they sell 10 cans for €7.27 at tesco in clarehall. might be a few trays left but i took 16 boxes if they are not on display just ask the person there, could he/she have a look in the backroom.

trust me it's nice beer for sure.

fonecrusher1

rubadub wrote: »

Why would this be the case? What do you think they do differently? A major cost in big brand beers is the marketing, which YOU pay for. If dutch gold had adverts on TV all year round then it would cost more, I don't see how this extra cost results in less of a hangover though.

One factor is ingredients and fermentation processes. Budweiser use rice and potato in its beer, both of these are known to result in more congeners being produced (nasty chemicals which will worsen a hangover), Budweiser is also fermented very quickly, which also results in nasty chemicals.

You could turn this on its head, many of the big brand beers are available for around €1 a can when on offer, now with all the marketing costs involved they must be scrimping and saving somewhere, so it would make more sense that they are using cheaper ingredients, brewing quickly/hot etc.

In my local eurospar they have 5% heineken for €27.40 for 24 cans, they also had heineken 4.3% for €37.60. Both brewed & canned in holland, but also roughly 15% more ingredients would have been used in the higher strength one. Looking at the can the 5% one seemed intended for the scottish market. Now this is not a case of going north for cheap beer, and getting the benefit of lower VAT, wages etc -the beer is in the same shop with same duty, so it seems to be a case of heineken placing the wholesale prices at higher levels here so the beer appears to be "premium".

I have said before that I know people who will probably stop drinking corona when it becomes more commonly available for €1 a bottle. People have very weird theories when it comes to the quality of alcohol.

Fair point.
I suppose what i should have said was; poor quality beer = hangover.

the beer revolu

rubadub wrote: »

In my local eurospar they have 5% heineken for €27.40 for 24 cans, they also had heineken 4.3% for €37.60. Both brewed & canned in holland, but also roughly 15% more ingredients would have been used in the higher strength one. Looking at the can the 5% one seemed intended for the scottish market. Now this is not a case of going north for cheap beer, and getting the benefit of lower VAT, wages etc -the beer is in the same shop with same duty, so it seems to be a case of heineken placing the wholesale prices at higher levels here so the beer appears to be "premium".

In fact, the 5% one would have higher duty on it - duty on beer is calculated on its strength.

brianthebard

rubadub wrote: »

In my local eurospar they have 5% heineken for €27.40 for 24 cans, they also had heineken 4.3% for €37.60. Both brewed & canned in holland, but also roughly 15% more ingredients would have been used in the higher strength one. Looking at the can the 5% one seemed intended for the scottish market. Now this is not a case of going north for cheap beer, and getting the benefit of lower VAT, wages etc -the beer is in the same shop with same duty, so it seems to be a case of heineken placing the wholesale prices at higher levels here so the beer appears to be "premium".

On that note, fine wines seem to have 5% bud at a cheaper price than regular- 3 cans for a fiver I think. That would probably cost at least 6 something for the normal 4.3 cans.

(I know I've mentioned this group before but I want to note I'm not a shill-I don't even like the shop that much cause they have a poorer selection that harvest in galway, but its the closest offie to me thats open til 10)

fonecrusher1

Just did a quick price check on a few popular beers down at my local offie.

Bud 24 pk 500ml can - 39.99
Heineken 24 pk 500ml can - 39.99
Bud 20 330ml bottles - 23.99

Local Dunnes Stores

Bud 24 pk 500ml can - 26.99
Heineken 24 pk 500ml can - 29.99
Bud 20 330ml bottles - 19.99

I will admit that the off-licence will have a lot more variety but there are some serious savings to be made if you look around.

rubadub

slayerking wrote: »

Supermarkets are probably best for cheap beer, no doubt about that. If you want cheap beer, there prob your best bet. But good off licences will have the varity

Good offies are rare enough, the lads here usually only talk of the same small few. The best selection of beers nearest me is probably supervalu in dalkey. The 2 closest to me are tesco & o'briens, dunno which has the better selection TBH.

the beer revolu wrote: »

In fact, the 5% one would have higher duty on it - duty on beer is calculated on its strength.

Good point, forgot about that with all the talk of price dropping for pint/wine bottle/shot. I find it strange that in the budget you only hear how much drink went up "per pint" or bottle of wine etc. Fair enough to give people an estimate but you would think the technical drop in price would be clearly said first, just like other things. e.g. they list off a load of figures for most taxes etc, and then it is up to the media to say "that really means Mick on €40k with his wife & 2 kids is down €2000 per year now".

IrishWhiskeyCha

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Just did a quick price check on a few popular beers down at my local offie.

Bud 24 pk 500ml can - 39.99
Heineken 24 pk 500ml can - 39.99
Bud 20 330ml bottles - 23.99

.

I thought this thread was for a slab of good beer

Bud should not even be allowed to be classed as a beer.

My Christmas stock

is

Licher Wheat beer @ 1.99 each (12 x 500ml botttles) Aldi
Salitos @ 19.99 (24x 275ml bottles) Local Shop (Small bottles but look fun)
Tiger @ 19.99 (20x 330ml bottles) Tescos
Miller @ 16.99 (24 x 220ml bottles) Dunnes

as you can see I shop around I also picked up various spirit and wine bargains in these outlets also.